Jordan was fresh off one of the best performances of his career with 21 points and eight rebounds in a 103-90 win over the Portland Trail Blazers.

Still, Jordan is the epitome of what O’Neal has pointed out as the problem with today’s big men.

At 6-11, 265 pounds, Jordan has the size to live in the post, but only 28.6 percent of his conversions on offense this season came on the block, according to Synergy Sports. The rest of his production comes on cuts, offensive rebounds and transition lobs from Chris Paul.

Very little of Jordan’s offense comes in pick-and-roll scenarios (1.6 percent), but that is more a product of teammate Blake Griffin being better suited to set screens and create offense if the defense collapses on Paul.

By contrast, Howard has scored 52.1 percent of his points from the post, with offensive rebounds, cuts and transition baskets making up a combined 30.2 percent of his scores. Pick-and-rolls have led to only 3.2 percent of Howard’s offense, and he could be in for even more post sets with the Princeton system on the way out with the firing of Lakers coach Mike Brown.